M. E. Barber
IF the path I travel
Lead me to the Cross,
If the way Thou choosest,
Lead to pain and loss,
Let the compensation
Daily, hourly, be
Shadowless communion,
Blessed Lord with Thee.
2
If there’s less of earth joy
Give, Lord, more of heav’n.
Let the spirit praise Thee,
Though the heart be riv’n;
If sweet earthly ties, Lord,
Break at Thy decree,
Let the tie that binds us,
Closer, sweeter be.
3
Lonely through the pathway,
Cheer it with Thy smile,
Be Thou my companion
Through earth’s little while;
Selfless may I live, Lord,
By Thy grace to be,
Just a cleansed channel
For Thy life through me.